It’s not just children who are heading back to school today. Every year, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein takes reporters on a five-borough tour of the first day of school. Anna reported to the press van outside Tweed Courthouse at 6:45 a.m. and will be filing dispatches all day.
A photo shoot at PS 111
8 a.m.: The school and union officials pause for a photo op with PS 111’s leaders. Then it’s time for a question and answer session with reporters.
7:45 a.m.: The first stop is at PS 111 in Long Island City, Queens, where the chancellor is being joined by Mayor Bloomberg, UFT President Michael Mulgrew, and principals union president Ernest Logan. Students walking into PS 111 appear “stunned and clearly irritated” by the gaggle of 20-odd reporters and photographers outside the door, Anna reports.
The press crush at PS 111 this morning
7 a.m.: Spotted outside Tweed: A school bus driver asking passersby how to get to the first stop on his route.